Brown Smith Jones

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Type: Bugeye

Year: 1894

Builder: George T Johnson

Location: Cambridge

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Select?	Row ID	State	Newspaper	Date	Location	Full-page PDF	Thumbnail	Article Summary
	4	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 32	Sunday, October 27, 1935	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The ancient bugeye Brown-Smith-Jones, a former Maryland Conservation Commission "police boat" once feared by oyster pirates, is currently competing in a 60-mile race against the Bee to determine which vessel is faster. Co-owned by J. Linton Rigg and Edward Janeway, it initially led the race after being sailed 300 miles from Long Island back to the Chesapeake for the contest.
	5	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 210	Sunday, May 11, 1958	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The famous bugeye Brown, Smith and Jones was built in 1894 for Maryland's State Conservation Service, serving briefly as the U.S.S. Dorchester during World War I. After returning to state service, it was later sold and converted into a pleasure craft, changing owners multiple times. The vessel was last reported to have sunk in Falmouth, Mass., late last year, but was raised, though its future remains uncertain.
	6	Maryland	The Evening Sun • Page 23	Monday, March 7, 1949	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		Harry F. Ogden owns the bugeye "Brown, Smith, Jones," an unusual and lengthy name for a craft built 60 years ago for the State Conservation Department's patrol fleet. The vessel was named to honor Governor Frank Brown, Comptroller Marion Diels Smith, and Treasurer Spencer Jones, and is known for its proud history, including sinking two oyster pirate boats off Bloody Point.
	8	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 8	Thursday, February 28, 1895	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The State oyster police steamer Brown Smith Jones ran aground in the Patuxent River off Mill Creek last Friday. The revenue marine steamer Crawford located the vessel and successfully refloated it.
	10	Maryland	The Star-Democrat • Page 31	Sunday, August 11, 2002	Easton, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	12	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 8	Saturday, July 21, 1900	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The vessel Brown Smith Jones, from the Patuxent river, was found to be in "fairly good" condition during an inspection of the Maryland Oyster Navy. Following the inspection, it was towed to Cambridge by the steamer George Thomas.
	15	Maryland	The Daily Banner • Page 1	Wednesday, September 2, 1914	Cambridge, Maryland	Open PDF		The newspaper reports that the commandership of the Fishing Bay police schooner, Brown, Smith and Jones, has finally been settled. Captain Goldsborough Johnson will serve as captain, and Captain Robert W. W. Parks will be mate. The article notes that the contest for these positions on the vessel was one of the most intense ever seen in the county.
	16	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 215	Sunday, March 31, 1963	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	18	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 6	Thursday, August 2, 1894	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The new oyster police boat, Brown, Smith and Jones, was launched on August 1, 1894, at Capt. Thomas Johnson's ship-yard in Cambridge, MD. This new bug-eye for the Maryland oyster navy was christened by Miss Kenerly.
	19	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 2	Saturday, June 6, 1896	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The oyster police schooner Brown, Smith-Jones, captained by Nathaniel D. Sollers, has a new mate, B. Parran Duke.
	20	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 11	Monday, November 4, 1935	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	21	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 26	Sunday, August 15, 1948	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The Brown Smith Jones, identified as a former Maryland oyster police bugeye, was part of a large spectator fleet. This fleet followed race contestants on the Tred Avon and Choptank rivers.
	22	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 23	Wednesday, June 28, 1950	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	24	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 10	Wednesday, August 19, 1908	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The command of the vessel Brown Smith Jones is a contested position within the State fishery force. D. W. Wheatley is the incumbent commander, with A. L. Johnson, F. O. Langrell, and Robert R. Tyler also listed as applicants for the appointment.
	26	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 7	Wednesday, May 11, 1898	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The vessel Brown Smith Jones was mentioned in the appointments for the Maryland Oyster Navy. John Sedwick of Calvert county was selected to command it.
	28	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 10	Thursday, August 30, 1906	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	32	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 8	Friday, June 29, 1900	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	35	Maryland	The Daily Times • Page 4	Friday, December 26, 1975	Salisbury, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	37	Maryland	Der Deutsche Correspondent • Page 4	Sunday, July 22, 1900	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	40	Maryland	Cumberland Evening Times • Page 10	Wednesday, September 2, 1959	Cumberland, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	52	Maryland	The Prince George's Enquirer and Southern Maryland Advertiser • Page 2	Friday, August 3, 1894	Upper Marlboro, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	53	Maryland	The Daily Banner • Page 2	Friday, August 14, 1914	Cambridge, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	54	Maryland	The Daily Banner • Page 3	Wednesday, August 12, 1914	Cambridge, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	56	Maryland	The Cecil Whig • Page 4	Saturday, February 2, 1907	Elkton, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	57	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 261	Sunday, December 3, 1972	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	58	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 123	Sunday, June 18, 1972	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	60	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 193	Sunday, June 22, 1958	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	61	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 1	Thursday, August 2, 1894	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The new oyster police boat, Brown, Smith and Jones, a bug-eye for the Maryland oyster navy, was launched and christened on August 1, 1894, at Capt. Thomas Johnson's ship-yard in Cambridge, MD. The vessel had been under construction for several months.
	62	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 7	Friday, February 14, 1896	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	63	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 5	Tuesday, August 6, 1929	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The vessel Brown, Smith & Jones is a patrol boat under the jurisdiction of the State Conservation Department. It is scheduled to be inspected, remeasured, and revalued by Commissioner Swepson Earle as part of his review of the Maryland oyster navy. Deputy Commander J. O. Rodgers is associated with the vessel in Herring Bay.
	64	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 3	Thursday, October 12, 1916	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The vessel Brown Smith and Jones was commanded by Captain Samuel A. Tyler during his tenure as a deputy commander of the Oyster Navy.
	65	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 3	Tuesday, July 3, 1917	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The vessel Brown, Smith and Jones, with its skipper Webster C. Wroton, was one of the Maryland Oyster Navy craft requisitioned by the Federal Government. It went into United States service and was assigned to patrol Fishing Bay, Honiga river, and its tributaries.
	66	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 12	Monday, August 7, 1916	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	67	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 6	Friday, June 3, 1892	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		Brown, Smith, and Jones are potential names for three new schooners commissioned for the oyster navy, following a custom of naming boats after State officials. However, the final naming decision for these vessels will be made by Commander Seth.
	68	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 11	Tuesday, June 7, 1910	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	70	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 7	Wednesday, June 5, 1907	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	71	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 6	Monday, March 4, 1912	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The Brown, Smith and Jones is identified as a police boat. It is responsible for guarding the waters of Fishing Bay and Honga river.
	74	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 12	Friday, August 3, 1906	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The State Board of Public Works appointed Captain O. F. Langrell as the new commander for the vessel Brown, Smith and Jones, replacing Captain Bruce C. Dean of Dorchester county. This appointment is part of the State Fishery Force changes. Captain Langrell is expected to take command of the vessel on September 1, 1906.
	75	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 1	Friday, January 22, 1892	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	78	Maryland	The Evening Sun • Page 3	Monday, March 7, 1932	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The State Conservation Commission's patrol boat, the bugeye Brown, Smith & Jones, was reported high and dry on a beach below the mouth of the Choptank river. Other vessels from the conservation fleet were dispatched to assist it, and its crew was reported to be uninjured.
	79	Maryland	The Evening Sun • Page 21	Thursday, July 26, 1923	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	82	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 8	Tuesday, July 24, 1900	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The police vessel Brown, Smith and Jones, part of the Maryland Oyster Navy, was brought to Cambridge by the State steamer Gov. P. F. Thomas. It is slated to undergo repairs, repainting, and be put into first-class condition at the Cambridge Manufacturing Company's railway.
	83	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 8	Friday, July 13, 1900	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The State fishery force police schooner Brown, Smith and Jones collided with the anchored May Brown while entering Annapolis harbor, carrying away the May Brown's main top-sail.
	84	Maryland	The Baltimore Sun • Page 8	Friday, April 20, 1900	Baltimore, Maryland	Open PDF		The newspaper reports that the "Brown, Smith and Jones" is an oyster police schooner operating on the Patuxent. Edwin I. Plowder is an applicant for commander of the vessel.
	88	Maryland	Saint Mary's Beacon • Page 4	Thursday, August 9, 1894	Leonard Town, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	89	Maryland	Der Deutsche Correspondent • Page 4	Thursday, May 12, 1898	Baltimore, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	92	Maryland	The News • Page 3	Thursday, August 2, 1894	Frederick, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	94	Maryland	Denton Journal • Page 3	Saturday, July 28, 1900	Denton, Maryland			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	95	Maryland	Cumberland Evening Times • Page 1	Thursday, March 10, 1932	Cumberland, Maryland	Open PDF		The Bugeye Brown, Smith and Jones sustained damage during the recent storm when its anchor line parted. This caused the vessel to go ashore in Great Cove in the Big Anneniessex river.
	114	Virginia	The Virginian-Pilot • Page 13	Tuesday, October 12, 1948	Norfolk, Virginia			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	116	Virginia	Richmond Times-Dispatch • Page 13	Monday, November 4, 1935	Richmond, Virginia			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	119	Virginia	Covington Virginian • Page 6	Wednesday, September 2, 1959	Covington, Virginia			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	124	Virginia	Daily Press • Page 4	Saturday, December 18, 1926	Newport News, Virginia			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	127	Virginia	The Progress-Index • Page 4	Wednesday, September 9, 1959	Petersburg, Virginia			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	145	Virginia	The Virginian-Pilot • Page 6	Tuesday, January 9, 1912	Norfolk, Virginia			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.
	153	Virginia	The News Leader • Page 6	Saturday, October 6, 1945	Staunton, Virginia			No downloaded full-page PDF for this row.